CRUNCH Challenge - April 7th CHECK IN
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OK...I didn't start yesterday my crunches...:blushing:
It's 9th of april, 7.40 am in Ireland And I will do them now!!!!
I'll tell you latter how many....:bigsmile:0 -
Ufff, I'm back.....
100 crunches
50 push-ups
60 lunges
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Nice, thats awesome
and 100 crunches, 50 push-ups, 60 lunges more than me lol
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Nice, thats awesome
and 100 crunches, 50 push-ups, 60 lunges more than me lol
Al
Albertio, that means you did nun!!!
:noway: Norttii
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827 cals at the gym tho ohh and a new personal best on the stepper, 414 cals and 102 floors in 15 minutes. :happy:
Al0 -
How do I know many cal. did I burned doing the 'exercise' this morning?
Do I have to put it in the exercise profile???0 -
Welcome vdpal and good work Sonia, Al, and Princess!
Calories... The lunges I do throughout the day, so I don't even count them, but the crunches and push ups take 12 minutes, so I looked it up, and figured it was 150 calories.
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I don't count any cals for the crunches etc
Al
And thanks AJCM, i worked so hard lol0 -
Ok, here I go! I measure 31in around the middle...my kindergarteners thought I was nuts as I measured!!:huh:
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pollowa - welcome! I'm sure the kinders were cute - it was an introduction to the measurement unit! (I used to teach 6th grade, and every day we would do some exercise that was as much for my benefit as theirs!).
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Think they'd like it if we all laid down and did a few crunches? :laugh: I've lost 10 lbs so far and two pants sizes, but I am having THE hardest time losing my middle!!! Darn third child!
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Yesterday I did
150 crunches
50 lunges per leg
50 push ups
I can't do regular push ups yet my arms are to weak but its something I'm going to work at.0 -
Good work Mrshamm - don't worry about the push ups! You will build the strength - I still do the ones at the kitchen counter! But I could barely do 10 when I started!
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I so proud of myself I got up and did it once again. Today I did
50 lunges per leg
50 push ups
200 crunches
I'm feeling the burn in my legs and arms now but I can't help feeling good about doing. I really didn't think I would be able to do it all, I thought I would have to work my way up. Seeing how far I've come is so great and great movation to keep going.0 -
hi i have a question when i do my crunches i do 100 and i can feel it in my abs while doing them but shouldn't i feel something the next day? because i don't feel anything and i like to feel a little sore because then i feel like i did something!:happy: oh and another question (hopefully i don't sound too stupid!) where do i measure my middle at? right around the belly button or lower? thanks!0
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phollowa - no kidding, I would have a "crunch off" with my kids, and the most any kid could ever do was 100! But they LOVED the challenge! Does the 3rd baby really do you in? After my 1st, my stomach bounced back, but this time it's not good... :grumble:
wags - you probably need to increase your number (I'm doing 400 a day, and my hubby 600), or get a ball to challenge yourself, or try more challenging ones (do you do pilates at all)?
Keep it up everyone!
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Well, still not measured, but really would love to!
I focused on my abs last night, and in total, i did 990 crunches! That consisted of floor crunches, with the cradle, obliques on the floor, ball crunches, and high crunches on the vertical bench!
I feel awesome today!
Keep up the good work everyone!
And wagsgirls, i feel the burn every time i do more than 20 crunches on a row, but i dont always feel it the next day. Like this morning, i dont feel a thing, such as a pain, or avhe in my abs, but AJCM's right, maybe you need to up for amounts. or even make it harder for yourself. If your doing these at the gym, hold a 3kg weight on the back ov your neck, and crunch up holding it there. if you have a bench, set the incline higher, (Your head will be closer to the floor and your feet closer t the ceilng), if this still isnt enough, again hold a weight on your neck!! They get damn hard. If you dont feel a burn after 10 of any of these, ... well then im all out! :laugh:
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I'd recomend holding the weight on your chest instead of your head just to avoid any unwanted stress on the neck.
Happy crunching
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Fine then, I guess Albertio up there ^^^^ is correct! :grumble: However, it does make it harder if theyre behind your head!
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It does make it harder you are 100% correct, but in my personal trainer days i noticed alot of people certainly in there early stages of excersie tend to pull on their head/neck while doing the crunch, and this abviously puts un due stress on the neck. Therefore i recomend placing a weight on the chest to avoid this. Even crunching without weights used to suggest placing the hands either lightly on the side of the head or better still on the quads and sliding them up towards the knees as the head is lifted off the floor.
Albertio0
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